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1 Quadrans
| Issuer | Tarquinii |
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| Year | 280 BC - 260 BC |
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| Currency | As (circa 280-260 BC) |
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| Obverse description | Anchor depicted in bold relief at center of the flat cast flan, with a prominent crossbar and curved flukes at the base; the design is rendered in the archaic Etruscan style characteristic of early central Italian aes grave coinage. The field is plain and unlettered, with the anchor occupying the majority of the flan surface. Three pellets, denoting the quadrans denomination (one-quarter of the as), are arranged in the field. The coin exhibits the thick, irregular casting typical of aes grave production of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Dolphin depicted in high relief, curving sinuously across the flan in the characteristic Etruscan artistic manner, its body arched with the head oriented to the right. Three pellets marking the quadrans value are visible in the field alongside the dolphin motif. The reverse field is otherwise plain and unlettered, consistent with the aes grave coinage tradition of Tarquinii. The casting is irregular and thick, with a rough surface texture resulting from the sand-casting technique employed by Etruscan moneyers of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (280 BC - 260 BC) |
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